- Position Title
- Budget Analyst
- Agency
- Peace Corps
- Announcement Number
- 24-12648777-JE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, January 6, 2025 to Sunday, January 19, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you currently employed with Peace Corps?
Please note:
Please note:
- this includes US Direct Hires, Experts, Temporary Employees, and US Citizen Personnel Service Contractors.
- this DOES NOT include Peace Corps Volunteers and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
2.
Are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) or Peace Corps Response Volunteer (RPCRV) with Peace Corps Eligibility (PCE) Status?
Please note:
You will be required to upload a copy your Description of Service or other documentation of qualifying volunteer service, in order to verify your status.
Please note:
You will be required to upload a copy your Description of Service or other documentation of qualifying volunteer service, in order to verify your status.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a term appointment?
2.
Have you ever been employed by an intelligence agency or division of an agency, a substantial part of whose mission includes or included intelligence activities?
3.
Has your background or work history involved a substantial connection with an intelligence activity or related work other than through employment?
4.
Do you have a family relationship to an employee of an intelligence agency?
5.
Have you previously been employed with the Peace Corps in a US Direct Hire (USDH) position and fall into any of the categories below:
Please note:
- After your USDH appointment, you have separated from the agency (resigned, retired, transferred to a different federal agency, etc.)
- After your USDH appointment, you have converted to an Expert position with the Peace Corps
- After your USDH appointment, you have accepted a position as a Personnel Service Contractor with the Peace Corps
Please note:
- This does not include applicants who have only been employed as a Personnel Service Contractor or Expert.
- This does not include applicants who have only served as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
- This does not include applicants who have been previously employed with Peace Corps serving in a 5 year exempt position.
- This does not include current Peace Corps USDH employees, who may have been reemployed after a previous USDH appointment and spent the required "time out" of the agency.
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
To qualify for FP-03 level: I have at least one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the FP-4 or GS-12 grade level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is as defined in the body of this vacancy announcement.
NOTE: Please read this requirement carefully. This must all be documented in your resume to be found qualified for this position.
2.
To qualify for FP-02 level: I have at least one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the FP-3 or GS-13 grade level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is as defined in the body of this vacancy announcement.
NOTE: Please read this requirement carefully. This must all be documented in your resume to be found qualified for this position.
NOTE: Please read this requirement carefully. This must all be documented in your resume to be found qualified for this position.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Performs budget execution work overseeing a significant organizational component, including the coordination of complex fund control activities including reviewing budgetary policies, analytical methods, and regulatory procedures.
4.
Recommends approval/disapproval of requests for budget allotments in relation to a significant organization component with minimal supervisory oversight.
5.
Oversees the formulation of budget estimates and justifications for conflicting program and budgetary requirements, such as reduction in budget authority coupled with expansion of services.
6.
Analyzes, combines, and consolidates budget estimates into a budget document that reflects the balanced, multi-year funding needs of the agency.
7.
Develops new methods and techniques of budgeting for the forecasting of long-range funding needs.
8.
Projects and analyzes the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives.
9.
Demonstrates mastery of budget- related laws, regulations, policies, precedents, methods, and techniques.
10.
Formulates annual and multi-year budget estimates with multi-appropriations.
11.
Monitors and reports on the rate of expenditures of funds.
12.
Recommends approval or disapproval of requests for allotments and other similar funding requests.
13.
Considers the financial and workload implications of complex budget issues, such as resources necessary to support the needs of changing agency goals and objectives, the timing of obligations and expenditures in relation to the federal budget cycle and the overall availability of funds.
14.
Exercises control and surveillance over funding matters and junior analysts to assure successful attainment of program objectives.
15.
Forecasts and executes the prior, current, and budget year programs.
16.
Develops, formulates, and prepares required data and assorted narrative justifications for long-range budget exercises.
17.
Develops effective strategies for managing funding for significant organizational components and compiles the data and materials to present budget strategies.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
18.
To qualify for this position and receive full credit for your relevant experience you must list the month/year; the pay plan/series/grade; and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. Your resume must support your responses to the questions. I certify that I understand that failure to provide the above required evidence in your resume will make you ineligible and will result in a "not qualified" determination.
TIP: A good way to ensure you include all required information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume.
19.
I certify that I submitted an SF-50 that IS NOT an annual pay adjustment or award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. If you submit only one of these SF-50s, you will be deemed ineligible for this position as it may not provide enough information to determine grade or eligibility. NOTE: Not required if applying as a Returning Peace Corps Volunteer.
20.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.